Anick Jesdanun
Canadian Press

NEW YORK (AP) - The Internet’s key oversight agency has revived a proposal it earlier rejected that would create an online red-light district, after adding stronger provisions to prohibit child pornography and require labelling of websites with sexually explicit materials.

The use of the proposed “.xxx” domain name would remain voluntary, but any porn sites that choose to use it instead of the more popular “.com” would be subject to the new terms issued late Friday by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers or ICANN.

The idea of a separate “.xxx” domain has generated significant opposition from conservative groups and even some pornography websites. (more…)

[via Dave Farber]